It was the Akwasi Asante show as the Ghanaian striker scored a sensational hat-trick for Chester in their 3-1 win over old Football League rivals Darlington over the weekend.
The 26-year-old was in irresistible form for National League as he scored in the 27th, 49th and 69th minutes of the game.
He received a standing ovation after his exploits after he was substituted with five minutes remaining.
Asante began his senior career in England with Birmingham City. He made his first-team debut in the Europa League play-off round second leg against C.D. Nacional in August 2011 and made his debut in the Football League while on loan at Northampton Town in January 2012.
He had spells on loan at Shrewsbury Town in both 2012–13 and 2013–14, but injury disrupted his progress, and he left Birmingham when his contract expired.
Without a club, while recovering from injury, he spent the latter part of the 2014–15 season with Kidderminster Harriers before moving on to Solihull Moors, with whom he won the National League North title.
Asante joined Grimsby Town in January 2017, after missing the first couple of months of 2017–18 recovering from injury, he went on loan to Solihull Moors, however, he left Grimsby by mutual consent in February 2018.
At the end of November 2018, he joined Chester on a month's loan, with a view to a permanent move.